August 2015
New concept clay model for the commercial version of the device is developed. The device will be more ergonomic, user friendly, and contain a display. It will also send all data wirelessly to the smart phone for integration into the electronic patient record.
July 2015
Hardware and new Tablet User Interface is developed for the device, making it more robust and user friendly for testing and demonstrations.
August 2014
Second MouthLab patent is submitted through the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer Office. The focus of this patent is blood pressure analysis, location of sensors and signal processing for vital signs.
August 2011
First MouthLab patent is submitted through the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer Office. The focus is on Rapid Medical Assessment (RMA) from the mouth. Mouth is chosen for RMA optimization due to biologically target rich environment consisting of saliva, mucosa, respiration, and skin.
February 2014
Johns Hopkins University Institutional Review Board (IRB) approves MouthLab human study proposal.
July 2014
TEDCO MII Grant successfully completes with the realization of two Beta prototypes of the MouthLab, a real-time analysis software, twenty mouthpieces, and a successful Johns Hopkins University MouthLab human study.
January 2015
MouthLab: A Tricorder Concept Optimized for Rapid Medical Assessment manuscript successfully completes peer review and is accepted for publication in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.October 2013
MouthLab project is awarded a TEDCO MII grant.
May 2015
MouthLab gets its first publicity through Johns Hopkins Dome publication
February 2015
Established a collaboration with the JHHCG to conduct a clinical trial in patients homes with the supervision of the JHHCG nurses.
October 2012
Alpha prototype of the MouthLab is completed.
September 2015
MouthLab press release. A number of articles were subsequently published online. Some examples are MedGadget , Kurzweil, and 3D print. Type MouthLab into Google ond Google News.